This
section provides a guide to lab tests commonly used for Still's Disease
patients. Each test provides a "normal" range, however some labs
can vary on their "normal" ranges, therefore the normal results listed
should be used only as a guide.

Lab tests are useful in
the diagnosis and management of Still's Disease, however there is not a specific
blood test that can positively diagnose Still's Disease. There are lab
tests that help "indicate" a presence of Still's. Normally a person
with AOSD will have an elevated sed rate, an
elevated C-Reactive Protein, and abnormalities with the white blood count, and
hemoglobin levels.

Recently there has
been evidence that during the initial onset of Still's or during a severe flare,
a person's ferritin level will be extremely elevated. The ferritin level
may prove to be the most helpful of blood tests to accurately diagnose Adult
Still's.

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This page was last updated on January 17, 2001